At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.
It's an oddity that will be avoided by millions of people, this new 'Pinocchio.' Osama bin Laden could attend a showing in Times Square and be confident of remaining hidden.
When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
All over the U.S. there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more odious than the rich, powerful and arrogant trying to keep it that way.
There is no way, absolutely no way, that I would want people to stop reading the 'Odyssey.' But I want them to read it with their eyes open. To notice it and then to think what it says about us.
I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
Whenever you're specific with ethnicity or religion, people find reason to take offence.
People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
It's impossible to go through life not offending people. All you have to do is basically have an opinion on anything, and you're gonna offend people.
We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.
We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended. We've got to get over this sensitivity and it keeps people from saying what they really believe.
Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would be offended at the suggestion.
I'm a believer in forgiveness. I have worked with people who have been in gangs and now dedicate their lives to helping inner city kids. I've run offender services with teachings of responsibility, empathy and understanding of the victims at their heart. I've seen people change.
As an actor I worked for seven years with a community theater company based in London. We used improvisation techniques to take stories to young people who wouldn't normally have access to them - in prisons, hospitals, young offender's units, youth clubs and housing estates.
What has too often happened in the past is that people have threatened punishment but have failed to carry it out. It's imperative in any initiative that is undertaken that punishment be real and that there be truth in sentencing, and that the truly dangerous offenders - the recidivists and the career criminals - be put away and kept away.
Once you feel loved by the universe, you're already accepted, and you're not really concerned about offending people.
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.
